Fragging a Hammer Coral

dastank · Jan 14, 2007

Anybody have any advice on how to frag a hammer coral?

Zoanuts · Jan 14, 2007

hammerin

:violent1: :tool: :hammer: couldn't resist....with a friggin Hammer!!!

chadfarmer · Jan 14, 2007

wall or branching?

dastank · Jan 16, 2007

Wall... What about branching too? Just for future reference

Zeppelin · Jan 16, 2007

Branching is best to use a diamond wheel, so you dont crush the skeleton trying to cut the branch off. Haven't messed with a wall, so I'm no help there.

weimers75 · Jan 16, 2007

I haven't tried it, but I was told if you wrap a rubber band over the head, eventually it will start closing in and eventually seal itself off then you can use a wheel to cut it.

reefboy · Jan 16, 2007

now ive never done this on a healthy specimen but have save a number that were rescues from petshops that had RTN i would just cut about a half inch into good flesh from the RTN either splitting in half or just cutting rotten part away the used jell superglue and sealed of exposed side almost making a new skeloton of sorts has worked everytime so should do the same on healthy coral.I just did above mentioned on a hammer ill post pic of what i did ,lights off right now so ill post tommrow.

reefboy · Jan 18, 2007

heres a pic of one i just done not to long ago i made it suck in so you can see

czieler · Jan 27, 2007

A guy in my local reef club just asked me if I was ever going to frag my wall hammer... cuz he likes it...but it is a great coral..and I don't want to chance killing it

... so I'm not sure I even want to try.

Azurel · Jan 27, 2007

I have seen the type of method Weimers suggested used for wall type hammers before and it works the best and is the safest as far as I concerned. It takes more time cause you have to let the coral separate itself from under the rubber band but once the tissue separates you good to go.

fsu1dolfan · Apr 27, 2009

Well rather that start a new thread i will revive an OLD thread....its on topic so i hope its ok...

Ok so i have done some research and it seems that the branching Hammer is very easy to frag.....if the branches are long enough...mine are at least a couple of inches long the problem is that there is live tissue on the entire branch. I have been waiting for it to expose the hard skeleton but it hasnt....i have read a couple of sites on line that state you can use a rubber band between the branches and the tissue will recede and then you can remove the rubber band and cut the area in order to separate the branches...Is this true?? I have a Hammer that has taken off and i really would like to frag it! Please help with some advice! Thanks

i'll try to get some pics tonight to show what i am talking about!

Rouselb · Apr 28, 2009

I just pull it out of the water, use a dremel and cut it right down the line you choose. Then drop it into a bucket for a 20 min, and back into the tank. Branching is much easier then wall.